A little help for the place of information in my trilogy

[ola]

Sounds good.

[silica]

I think Neurolanis’s idea is by far the best – you can have a chunk to get the reader started – but it is really great to read a story where the details are slowly added, giving the world a constant enrichment as the main plot/s unfold. One thing I do hate in this area though – and I think it ruins the atmosphere, is when one character explains something to another, when they are already both well aware of the ‘information’ – it has been used in films and even the great JRR is guilty of it as well¡! Just make sure not only does the recipient not know – but that they need to know as well!¡ Otherwise you might just as well revert to the old technique – Here dear reader, I should inform you of events that took place… &etc¡!

[aldan]

I agree with you on how lacking in transparency the idea of throwing the information out there by way of using two people who are speaking about it to each other, explaining it, basically, to the reader, since they both obviously would know all about it already...

[Neurolanis]

Sublty, rich language, gripping storytelling ....

[ola]

Thank you for your input. I decided the following:

I give a chunk of history here and there through songs she sings or things she remembers. The history reveals its twist and connection to the present later on and she will talk to her mentor about it, asking him and he will give some answers. Thus she already knows a lot and throws it in here and there, but the crucial parts she has to figure out.

So I have a little of everything

[aldan]

Here is some gibberish that helps to explain what the language of Esperanto is (sort of) based off of...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto# ... properties